Dzungarian hamsters are funny and unpretentious animals. With good care, they live up to 3 years. But for their maintenance, it is necessary to fulfill at least the minimum requirements for care and feeding.
Where to keep the Dzungarian hamster
These animals are quite small and nimble, so they are kept in a cage. The most preferable for hamsters is a spacious two-story cage with feeders attached to the walls - this way the food will not wake up. A bedroom house is usually installed on the second floor. Hamsters sleep during the day, so they need shelter to protect them from light. Also in the cage there should be a wheel, ladders, labyrinth tubes - equipment for the active pastime of the animal.
Dzungarian hamsters quickly gain excess weight, they need to move a lot. It is better if the bars in the cage are set horizontally - this will create additional opportunities for physical exercise. The floor of the cage is covered with small clean sawdust - they are sold at the pet store. You can also use wood litter for cat litter. When choosing a cage and accessories, pay attention - many products by default are made according to the size of Syrian hamsters, which are slightly larger.
For walking around the apartment, you can purchase a special walking ball for rodents.
Feeding hamsters
The most optimal feeding option is a special ready-made food for hamsters. It contains cereals, sunflower seeds and herbal granules. You can add some fresh herbs and leaves to this diet. Dzungarian hamsters are very fond of fruits and greens, and also eat low-fat nuts and various cereals. A couple of times a week, hamsters should be given boiled chicken or eggs.
Rodents can even hunt flies and mosquitoes. It is strictly forbidden to feed the animals with raw meat, sausages and sausages, mushrooms, citrus fruits, fatty dairy products and cheese, bread, potatoes, and abuse sunflower seeds. A drinking bowl with fresh water should be installed in the cage.
The teeth of Dzungarian hamsters, like other rodents, are constantly growing. It is necessary that they always have wooden sticks in their cage for grinding the incisors.
Animal care
Unpretentious hamsters do not require special care conditions. Feed them 2 times a day and change the bedding in the cage as it gets dirty. Typically, full house cleaning and cleaning is done a couple of times a week. When changing sawdust, try not to touch the place of the hamster's pantry - this will irritate the animals.
Hamsters are very clean and tidy up their fur coats all the time, so they don't need to wash. As for walking around the apartment, it is better not to let the animal go on an independent journey. Dzungarian hamsters are very small and nimble, they can easily become an involuntary victim of their owners.
